I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be. Dave Bautista More Quotes by Dave Bautista More Quotes From Dave Bautista Money Talks. Chocolate Sings. Dave Bautista money-talks chocolate I don't think there's a certain part of a character I take with me. There's a certain part of me I leave with each character, though. Dave Bautista certain character thinking For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man. Dave Bautista struggle reason men I didn't want to be a movie star, I wanted to be an actor. Because acting is what I fell in love with, and acting is what is still challenging for me. Dave Bautista acting stars challenges I'm not afraid to go up to people and pick their brains and ask for advice. To me, that's how you get better. That's how I've gotten better at everything I've ever done. Don't be too proud to ask for help. Dave Bautista brain advice people I'm a poor kid from the streets. What I've been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and not letting anyone tell me that I couldn't do something. I always try to encourage people to just pursue your dreams. Dave Bautista hard-work dream kids I'm more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That's what I'd like to do. Dave Bautista old-school fans interesting Basketballs dont hold grudges! Dave Bautista wwe basketball funny If you're pursuing something that you love and you're learning something new, every day, that's the key to youth [staying young]. Dave Bautista learning-something-new youth keys People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am. Dave Bautista who-i-am wrestling people I'm not a big guy. I'm not a menacing guy. I'm not an intimidating guy. I may look that way, but just spend two seconds talking to me, and you know that's not who I am - not as a person, as a character. It's not who I intend to be. Dave Bautista who-i-am talking character It's much easier when you have your co-workers who are just, they're there in the moment. If you were out of the moment, you would feel odd. Dave Bautista easier odd moments Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm motivated. Dave Bautista motivated In wrestling there are so many people inside and outside the ring, and it's so live, and it's this whole adrenaline thing. Whereas you move it into this more intimate thing, everything gets all quiet, someone says action, and you have to say the lines and make the words your own. It couldn't be any more different and it's weird sometimes trying to explain that to people. When I tell people that acting is much more terrifying to me than going out in front of ten thousand people, they don't quite believe it because for some reason that intimacy is just terrifying to me. Dave Bautista wrestling believe moving If I could get myself to a place where I felt secure and I wouldn't have to kind of worry about money and I know my family would be secure, then I would leave the big studios so I could continue to make smaller films, and hopefully get to direct a few of them, too. Dave Bautista kind would-be worry Kissing babies and hugging fat girls. Dave Bautista girl baby funny I spent my whole life being very shy and introverted and I kind of found my release and therapy in the gym. I became this big, menacing physical stature of a man but internally I'm still kind of insecure. Warm, fuzzy and gooey. Dave Bautista fuzzy insecure men I'm creating my niche. My niche is going to be "shirtless guy." Dave Bautista niche creating guy I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began. Dave Bautista juniors passion school I didn't want to take the typical action roles that everybody was expecting me to take, because I was going to get typecast as that guy, the action guy who didn't have anything really bright to say and who just kicked in doors and punched people in the face and shot people and drove off in a cool car. I didn't want to be that guy. Dave Bautista car doors people